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FTA talks: Activists boycott hearing
30-Sep-2010     Bangkok Post
A public hearing on whether to include alcohol and tobacco in the Thailand-EU free trade agreement talks was a non-starter yesterday as activists boycotted the event.
The European Union’s free trade agreements threaten MDG progress
30-Sep-2010    
People living with HIV call out EU hypocrisy on Millennium Development Goals as it forces its trade agreements on developing countries, seizes generic drugs and negotiates ACTA
Jordan seeks Saudi support for free trade agreement with GCC states
29-Sep-2010     Zawya
Jordan will ask Saudi Arabia to intervene with the Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council to help it sign an agreement on economic cooperation and free trade with GCC member states.
Canada, Mongolia agree to deepen economic ties
29-Sep-2010     AFP
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and visiting Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold on Tuesday agreed to deepen their nations' economic ties, eventually opening free trade talks.
Gold Reserve Inc. submits $1.928 billion arbitration claim to World Bank's ICSID
29-Sep-2010     Market Watch
Gold Reserve's claim alleges violations of three provisions of the Canada-Venezuela BIT culminating in the effective expropriation of Gold Reserve's investments in the Brisas gold/copper project and the Choco 5 gold property.
EU-Thai ties back on track, say diplomats
28-Sep-2010     Bangkok Post
The Asia Europe Meeting to be held in Brussels next week will provide the first platform for high-level bilateral talks between the EU and Thailand, including ways to launch an EU-Thailand FTA, since Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted as prime minister, the chief of the European Commission in Thailand says.
Sanitary, phytosanitary and technical barriers to trade in EPAs
28-Sep-2010     CTA
This paper from ICTSD sets out a common vision on issues that could constitute sanitary, phytosanitary and technical barriers in EPAs and investigates how abusive use of these provisions could be an obstacle to market access.
Korea, U.S. likely to hold talks over FTA next month
27-Sep-2010    
South Korea and the United States are expected to hold minister-level talks next month to discuss sticky issues such as auto trade in their bilateral trade deal, sources said Monday.
Nepal-Pakistan to sign FTA in October
27-Sep-2010     Himalayam Times
Nepal and Pakistan are planning to ink Free Trade Agreement during the meeting of Joint Economic Commission scheduled for October.
Farmers reject Government deal with EU
27-Sep-2010     The Standard
Farmers in the North Rift have opposed a planned trade agreement between the Government and the European Union (EU) that they said risked robbing them of their livelihoods.